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Are tissue adhesives more expensive than a traditional wound treatment with sutures?

April 26, 2017adhesives expensive sutures tissue traditional treatment WOUND

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Are tissue adhesives more expensive than a traditional wound treatment with sutures?

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The common opinion that tissue adhesives are always more expensive than sutures is not valid for EPIGLU Ò . This ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive is available in 3g tubes which are re-usable. Because of each 3g tube is sufficient for at least 20 wound treatments the cost per treatment is lower than for traditional wound treatment with sutures. It also should be considered that no anesthetic is necessary and there is no need for a second appointment to remove the stitches.